21.   The underlying dispute remains unresolved and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke has agreed to mediate a more lasting settlement.

22.   This dispute remained unresolved Wednesday, despite efforts to work it out.

23.   Yet, in one of the most persistent and puzzling anomalies of modern geopolitics, their dispute remains seemingly intractable.

24.   Other disputes also remain unresolved.

25.   A dispute still remained over the weapons inside the church.

26.   Almost a year later, at least four disputes have remained unresolved, and five more U.S. companies have lodged complaints with the government, according to embassy officials.

27.   Another doping dispute remains pending with the IAAF arbitration panel.

28.   Border crossings have since reopened and relations have normalized, but land disputes remain at the forefront of bilateral ties.

29.   Border disputes remain among Gulf states.

30.   But disputes remained over sections on lesbian rights and access to abortion.